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Schools in Windsor and Maidenhead

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Windsor and Maidenhead has 65 state schools: 46 primary, 10 secondary, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 22,633 pupils. 38 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.2 out of 10, and 6 score 8 or above.

12 have a sixth form. 18 take children from age three or under. 29 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better
47
of 49 rated
Average score
5.2
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School Outstanding · ×0.37 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Braywood CofE First School Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) South Ascot Village Primary School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Desborough College Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) King's Court First School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Altwood Church of England School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Larchfield Primary and Nursery School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Alexander First School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) White Waltham CofE Academy Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Riverside Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Windsor and Maidenhead

Primary schools: RBWM's term is 'designated area' — a dedicated 'School designated areas' page and postcode lookup tool exist. (source)

Secondary schools: Same 'designated area' scheme covers secondary admissions. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Alexander First School Windsor · Good All Saints Church of England Junior School Maidenhead Altwood Church of England School Maidenhead · Good Alwyn Infant School Maidenhead · Good Bisham Church of England Academy Marlow Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School Maidenhead · Not judged Braywick Court School Maidenhead · Outstanding Braywood CofE First School Windsor · Good Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School Maidenhead · Outstanding Charters School Ascot · Good Cheapside CofE Primary School Ascot · Good Churchmead Church of England (VA) School Slough · Not judged Claires Court Schools Maidenhead Clewer Green CofE First School Windsor · Good Cookham Dean CofE Primary School Maidenhead · Good Cookham Nursery School Maidenhead · Outstanding Cookham Rise Primary School Maidenhead · Good Courthouse Junior School Maidenhead · Good Cox Green School Maidenhead · Requires improvement Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School Slough · Good Dedworth Green First School Windsor · Not judged Dedworth Middle School Windsor · Good Desborough College Maidenhead · Good Eton College Windsor Eton End School Slough Eton Porny CofE First School Windsor · Good Eton Wick CofE First School Windsor Forest Bridge School Maidenhead · Good Furze Platt Infant School Maidenhead · Good Furze Platt Junior School Maidenhead · Not judged Furze Platt Senior School Maidenhead Herries Preparatory School Maidenhead Hilltop First School Windsor · Good Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham Maidenhead · Good Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale Ascot · Good Holyport CofE Primary School Maidenhead · Good Holyport College Holyport · Good Homer First School and Nursery Windsor · Good King's Court First School Windsor · Good Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy Reading · Good Larchfield Primary and Nursery School Maidenhead · Good Lowbrook Academy Maidenhead · Good Maidenhead Nursery School Maidenhead · Outstanding Manor Green School Maidenhead · Good Newlands Girls' School Maidenhead · Outstanding Oakfield First School WINDSOR · Good Oldfield Primary School Maidenhead · Not judged Papplewick School Ascot Riverside Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead · Good South Ascot Village Primary School Ascot · Good St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead · Not judged St Edward's Catholic First School Windsor · Good St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor Windsor · Good St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Ascot · Outstanding St George's School St George's School St Luke's CofE Primary School Maidenhead · Outstanding St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead Maidenhead · Not judged St Mary's School Ascot Ascot St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill Ascot · Good St Peter's Church of England Middle School Windsor · Good St Piran's School Maidenhead Sunningdale School Ascot The King's House School, Windsor Windsor The Lawns Nursery School Windsor · Outstanding The Marist School Ascot The Queen Anne Royal Free CofE Controlled First School Windsor · Not judged The Royal First School Windsor The Windsor Boys' School Windsor · Good Trevelyan Middle School Windsor · Good Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First School Windsor · Good Upton House School Berkshire Waltham St Lawrence Primary School Reading · Outstanding Wessex Primary School Maidenhead White Waltham CofE Academy Maidenhead · Good Windsor Girls' School Windsor · Requires improvement Woodlands Park Primary School Maidenhead Wraysbury Primary School Staines · Not judged

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Ascot 14 schools Maidenhead 36 schools Marlow 10 schools Windsor 24 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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